Adjustable window-shade fixture.



No. 685,366. Patented Oct. 29, l60l.

F. WINNE. ADJUSTABLE WINDOW SHADE FIXTURE.

(Application filed Jan. 21, 1901.)

(No Model.)

llllllIl-l! Uivire STATES PATENT -nurcs.

FRANCIS WINNE, OF OOLUSA, CALIFORNIA.

ADJUSTABLE WINDOW-SHADE FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 685,366, dated October 29, 1901.

Application filed January 21, 1901. Serial No. 44,175. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS WINNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Colusa, in the county of Oolusa and State of California, have invented a new and useful Adj ustable Window-Shade Fixture, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in adjustable window-shade fixtures.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of Window-shade fixtures and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and eflicient device adapted to support a window-shade and capable of ready adjustment to arrange the shade at the desired elevation.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and. arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a window provided with an adjustable window shade fixture constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the Window-shade fixture. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of the resilient slide. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view of the adjustable shade-fixture.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the draw- Jngs.

1 designates a Vertical guide designed to be arranged at each side of a window-frame and suitably secured to the same and receiving a vertically-movable resilient slide 2, and the said guide, which may be constructed of any suitable metal, isprovided at opposite sides with longitudinal flanges approximately L- shaped in cross-section and extendinginward over the body portion of the guide to form ways for the reception of the side edges of the slide. The slide 2, which is constructed of suitable spring metal, is curved longitudinally and bowed outward, as clearly shown in Fig.3 of the accompanying drawings, and it is arranged within the vertical guide and has its ends and central portions en gaging the 1 same, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

of the curved slide engage the back or body portion of the guide, and its central portion frictionally engages the inner faces of the in- The ends wardly-extending portions of the longitudinal side flanges" 3 of the said guide, and by this construction the slide is securely held at any desired adjustment, and itis unnecessary to provide a separate locking device for effecting this result. 1

The curved slide is provided at its upper end with a bracket 4, adapted to support the roller of a curtain or shade 5, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings, and the lower end of the slide is provided with a grip or handle 6, preferably consisting of a ring, whereby it may be readily grasped to adjust the slide. The slide, which is adapted to be arranged at any desired elevation, may be moved freely along the vertical guide when sufficient pressure is applied to it, and the guide is preferably provided near its upper end with a protuberance '7, arranged to be engaged by the lower end of the slide when the latter is at the top of the guide.

This protuberance may of course be omitted,

as the resilient slide is sufficiently strong to hold the curtain at the desired adjustment. The bracket, which is arranged at the top of the slide, may be of any desired construction, and it may be secured to the slide in any suitable manner.

p The bracket is provided with a base-plate 8, of rectangular form, extending across the space between the longitudinal edges of the flanges 3.

It will be seenthat the adjustable windowshade fixture is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction and that the resilient slide performs the double function of supporting a window shade or curtain and of look-- ing the same at the desired adj ustment.

'WhatI claim is- 1. 'A device of the class described comprisin g a vertical guide provided at opposite sides with ways, and a resilient bowed slide adapted to support a window shade or curtain and engaging the front and back of the guide, whereby the shade or curtainis held at the desired adjustment, substantially as described.

2. A device of'the class described comprising a guide provided with opposite grooves and the resilient bowed slide engaging the front and back of the guide and provided with a bracket and having a handle or grip, substantially as described.

3. A device of the class described comprising a guide, the resilient bowed slide curved longitudinally and arranged within the guide and engaging the same, a bracket arranged at the upper portion of the slide, and a handle or grip extending from the lower portion of the latter, substantially as described.

4. A device of the class described comprisin g a vertical guide provided at opposite sides with flanges and having a protuberance at its back, the curved slide constructed of resilient material and bowed outward and arranged within the guide, the center of the slide engaging the flanges and the ends of the slide engaging the back of the said guide, a bracket 15 arranged at the upper portion of the slide, and a gripor handle arranged at the lower portion of the same, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in 20 the presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS \VINNE. 

